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Smt. JalajaSampathkumar v. Smt. Nidhi Pandey and another

Madras HC15 Sept 2025CONT P/1790/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Contempt of Courts Act 1971 Section 11; willful disobedience; non-compliance of Madras High Court order dated 29.10.2024 in W.P.No.11436 of 2024; Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (Commissioner Nidhi Pandey; Deputy Commissioner D.Manivannan); SLP dismissed by Supreme Court on 14.8.2025; undertaking to comply expeditiously; contempt petition disposed of with liberty to revive within two months; no costs; coram Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and G. Arul Murugan J; decision date 15.09.2025.

What did the court decide?

Contempt petition disposed of at this stage with liberty to the petitioner to revive it if the order dated 29.10.2024 in W.P.No.11436 of 2024 is not complied with within two months; no order as to costs. ¶30

Smt. JalajaSampathkumar Vs Smt. Nidhi Pandey and another — Contempt of Court | Madras HC (2025)

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Cont.P.No.1790 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 15.09.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR. MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN

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Contempt Petition No.1790 of 2025

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Jalaja Sampathkumar SSA - Retd. Emp Code - 14013, 92, S-9 Srinidhi Garden, Amma Mandapam, Srirangam Trichy - 620 006

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Petitioner

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1.Smt. Nidhi Pandey Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Shahid Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110 016.

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2.Shri. D.Manivannan, Deputy Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Chennai Region, IIT Campus, Chennai - 600 036.

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Contemnors

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PRAYER:

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PRAYER: Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 to punish the respondents for their willful and deliberate disobedience of the order passed by this Hon'ble High Court on 29.10.2024 in W.P.No. 11436 of 2024.

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For Petitioner: Mr.R.Arumugam

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For Contemnors: Mr.M.Vaidhiyanathan

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ORDER

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(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice)

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Heard learned counsel for the parties.

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As against the allegation of willful disobedience of the order

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passed by this Court, learned counsel for the contemnors, on advance copy, would submit that since the SLP preferred by the contemnors has been finally dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 14.8.2025, expeditious steps would be taken to comply with the order dated 29.10.2024 passed by this Court.

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Placing the said statement on record, the contempt

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petition, at this stage, is disposed of. However, liberty is granted to the petitioner to revive the same, in case the order is not complied within two months from today.

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There shall be no order as to costs.

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(MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CJ) (G.ARUL MURUGAN,J) 15.09.2025 Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No bbr

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THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN,J.